I realize this is beating a dead horse, but...SSRS, CNN's pollster, also conducts some of their polling online (their post-debate poll was phone, but includes call-backs of voters originally reached through SSRS's panel). "Online" is not the problem here! https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1319489822046683138

CNN/SSRS methodology: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/politics/cnn-poll-final-presidential-debate/index.html

I realize this seems nitpicky, but I think it runs the risk of being genuinely confusing as the industry moves toward different modes. Gallup is doing online polling. Pew is doing online polling. AP is doing online polling. Etc.

Not all online polling is *good*, but the mode is not inherently the problem here.

We probably need a more widely adopted term here for the non-scientific kind -- I generally go with "reader polls," and I know the 538 folks use "clickers."

Either way, here's a piece about the distinction between legit polls and convenience samples: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-cohen-reader-polls-meaningless_n_5c40b5efe4b027c3bbbf19de

[extremely heavy sigh] https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/1319499152410161153